| Choices in Breast Cancer Treatment: Medical Specialists and Cancer Survivors Tell You What You Need to Know Contributor(s): Miller, Kenneth D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0801886848 ISBN-13: 9780801886843 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $49.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: A diagnosis of breast cancer can be overwhelming. The disease is frightening and the medical landscape confusing. In the wake of fear and confusion comes the need to make decisions about treatment. This book provides women with medically reliable and up-to-date information to help them with these decisions. Within these pages is a team of private consultants -- including surgeons, medical oncologists, radiologists, plastic surgeons, and women who have faced breast cancer -- each of whom offers sound advice and valuable insight. In addition to describing surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and breast reconstruction, the medical experts clarify choices and offer support, while breast cancer survivors tell their own stories of pain, perseverance, and triumph. Choices in Breast Cancer Treatment is a rare blend of medical expertise and compelling personal accounts that empowers those with breast cancer to meet the disease with confidence, knowledge, and hope. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Cancer - Health & Fitness | Women's Health - General - Medical | Oncology - Breast Cancer |
| Dewey: 362.196 |
| LCCN: 2007020366 |
| Series: Johns Hopkins Press Health Books (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.31" W x 9.16" (1.56 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A diagnosis of breast cancer can be overwhelming. The disease is frightening and the medical landscape confusing. In the wake of fear and confusion comes the need to make decisions about treatment. This book provides women with medically reliable and up-to-date information to help them with these decisions. Within these pages is a team of private consultants--including surgeons, medical oncologists, radiologists, plastic surgeons, and women who have faced breast cancer--each of whom offers sound advice and valuable insight. In addition to describing surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and breast reconstruction, the medical experts clarify choices and offer support, while breast cancer survivors tell their own stories of pain, perseverance, and triumph. Choices in Breast Cancer Treatment is a rare blend of medical expertise and compelling personal accounts that empowers those with breast cancer to meet the disease with confidence, knowledge, and hope. |
Contributor Bio(s): Miller, Kenneth D.: - Kenneth D. Miller, M.D., a practicing medical oncologist, is an assistant professor of medicine and oncology at the Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine. He serves as the director of the Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic and of the Supportive Care Program at Yale Cancer Center. |